The XVI Bolivarian Games (Spanish: Juegos Bolivarianos) were a multi-sport event held in 2009 in Sucre, Bolivia.

A number of Bolivian cities hosted some of the sporting events, including Cochabamba, Santa Cruz and Tarija.

Also, events were held outside of Bolivia, with Guayaquil, Lima, Quito and Salinas hosting a number of competitions.

Other sports like athletics, billiards, fencing, table tennis, taekwondo, or volleyball were experiencing problems because of the lack of equipment.

[7] Cochabamba, Bolivia:[8] baseball (Estadio de Laguna Alalay), track cycling (Velódromo “Mariscal Santa Cruz”), road cycling, equestrianism (Country Club Cochabamba) Santa Cruz, Bolivia:[9] bowling (Bolera: Cosmic Bowling), shooting (Polígono de Villa Victoria “Abraham Telchi”) Tarija, Bolivia:[10] canoeing (el embalse de San Jacinto), triathlon (Represa de San Jacinto) Guayaquil, Ecuador:[11] softball (Estadio Liga del Sur), water skiing (Samborondón Mocoli Island)† †: Event initially scheduled, but cancelled at short notice.

[19] Moreover, 91 events in 11 sports were cancelled at short notice,[7] among them completely the diving,[20] water polo,[5] and roller speed skating[21] competitions.